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2026-07-07 02:53 UTC
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@testfactor@lemmy.world 2026-07-07 04:00
Okay, calling me a liar is strong. I was going off the Wikipedia page for her political positions: en.wikipedia.org/…/Political_positions_of_Susan_C… This is what I was referring to with the 70%: According to CQ Roll Call, Collins sided with President Obama’s position 75.9% of the time in 2013, one of only two Republicans to vote with him more than 70% of the time. And: During the Biden presidency, as of February 2022, FiveThirtyEight found that she has voted with Biden’s positions approximately 75.6% of the time. A further review does show her voting close to 95% with the Trump presidency: votehub.com/trump-score I do think “Trump Score” is a misleading statistic, in that not all votes are created equal, so knowing which votes someone defected on is almost if not more important than the number of votes. Look at Fetterman. He has a 40% voting rate with the Trump administration, but to hear it here he’s basically a Republican with a blue tie. All that to say, Susan Collins has historically been very moderate, and has had reasonable and nuanced takes on important issues. Planter has almost certainly raped multiple women. Would I rather a solid Democrat over Susan Collins? Absolutely. But character matters. And that’s true for anybody of either party. And painting Susan Collins as a far right lunatic is disingenuous at best.